MONMOUTH, Ore. -
Drew Eisinger made his last eight shots and finished with 33 points to lead Northwest Nazarene to a 101-86 win over Western Oregon Saturday at the NPE Building in Monmouth.
The win completed a weekend road sweep for the Crusaders (10-5), who evened their conference record at 2-2. NNU beat Saint Martin's 76-59 Thursday at Lacey.
Eisinger made 11 of 13 shots, including back-to-back three-pointers early in the second half to finish off a 12-2 run, stretching a four-point lead to 14 (59-45) with 14:13 remaining. WOU (7-8, 0-4) never got closer than 10 points the rest of the way.
NNU never trailed in the game after opening up a 11-1 lead though the Wolves closed to within two points twice in the first half at 17-15 and 27-25.
After the latter occasion, the Crusaders went on a 10-2 run going ahead 37-27 on another Eisinger three-pointer before settling for a 43-34 lead at halfitme. Eisinger made five of his six three-point attempts and was six of six from the foul line.
Drew's brother, Jamie, added 18 points on eight of nine shooting. Jamie also had eight assists and three steals.
Anthony Golden chipped in with 17 points, making five of eight three-pointers as NNU finished 10 of 16 from the arc. Also in double figures were
Kendall Gielow with 16 points and
David Reeher with 10.
Blair Wheadon led Western Oregon with 25 points. The Wolves also got 11 points from Josh Johnson on perfect shooting (4-4 FGs, 1-1 3FGs, 2-2 FTs) and 10 each from Matt Schmidt, Mike McLaughlin and Kolton Nelson.
McLaughlin also had a game-high 10 rebounds as Western Oregon outboarded the Crusaders 33-27. But the Wolves, who shot 48.4 percent (31-64) couldn't match NNU's 61.8 percentage (34-55) from the field or its 88.5 performance (23-26) from the foul line.